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Joan Mitchell, Land, 1989, oil on canvas, Gift of Lila Acheson Wallace, 1991.6.1.1

Land

Joan Mitchell · 1989 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1991.6.1.1

Morris Louis, Ambi II, 1959, acrylic on canvas, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 1998.98.1

Ambi II

Morris Louis · 1959 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  1998.98.1

Robert Graham, Olympic Torso (Male), 1983, cast bronze, Gift of Lila Acheson Wallace, 1985.37.1

Olympic Torso (Male)

Robert Graham · 1983 · cast bronze ·  Accession ID  1985.37.1

Lee Krasner, Cobalt Night, 1962, oil on canvas, Gift of Lila Acheson Wallace, 1984.40.1

Cobalt Night

Lee Krasner · 1962 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1984.40.1

Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1952, painted wood and plaster, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1992.102.1

Untitled

Louise Bourgeois · 1952 · painted wood and plaster ·  Accession ID  1992.102.1

Louise Bourgeois, Mortise, 1950, painted wood, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1992.102.2

Mortise

Louise Bourgeois · 1950 · painted wood ·  Accession ID  1992.102.2

This tall, abstract, bronze, free-standing sculpture is made up of five thin, elongated geometric shapes stacked vertically. The surface of the bronze is dark, pewter gray, and it is photographed against a lighter gray background. The sculpture stands on a square, plate-like, silver-colored base. Starting at the bottom, the first section is a tall, narrow, rectangular column with a pitted surface and irregular edges, as if the corners had been hammered. The next vertical section is a slender, smooth, leaf-shaped object that swells at the top and tapers to a point where it meets the column below. A wide, narrow sliver balances horizontally across the leaf-like object, and it tapers to points to our left and right. Above, a vertical capsule-shaped form is painted with two small, vertical, wavy lines in white. Finally, another horizontal form with a hammered surface tops the structure. It is pinched at the center and swells slightly to either side before tapering to points. The leaf form and capsule shapes are about the same height. The topmost horizontal piece is slightly wider than the lower one.
Louise Bourgeois, The Winged Figure, 1948, cast 1991, bronze, Gift of Louise Bourgeois, 1992.101.1

The Winged Figure

Louise Bourgeois · 1948, cast 1991 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1992.101.1

This nearly square black and white photograph shows the head and shoulders of a person in front of a plain wall. Wearing a dark V-necked shirt, the person has an oval-shaped face and dark hair rolled in curlers. Finely plucked dark eyebrows frame large, luminous dark eyes, and the full lips are slightly open. A lit cigarette is held aloft in the person’s long-nailed left hand, on our right. Light comes from the left and deepens into shadow across the right half of the photograph.
Diane Arbus, A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966, 1966, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1994.78.1

A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966

Diane Arbus · 1966 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  1994.78.1

Geometric shapes and mostly flat areas of color suggest an abstracted sunflower in a vase against a background made of vibrant bands of color in this vertical painting. A spring-green oval shape takes up the middle of the lower half of this composition. Cut straight cross the top and bottom, it recalls a wide-mouthed vase. The head of the stylized flower seems to rest propped over or on the top edge of the vase. A pine-green circle is outlined with celery green, and then surrounded by a larger, yellow disk to represent the head and petals of the flower. The yellow lightens from canary to goldenrod around the green disk within. Then, the yellow disk is outlined with a darker, honey color. The head of the flower is surrounded by a pale pink disk. A stylized green stem curves from the blossom into the vase on our left. Bands and blocks of color make up the background in flat areas of crimson red, black, eggplant purple, pumpkin orange, white, and shades of blue and green.
Edward Steichen, Le Tournesol (The Sunflower), c. 1920, tempera and oil on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1999.43.1

Le Tournesol (The Sunflower)

Edward Steichen · c. 1920 · tempera and oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1999.43.1

Louise Bourgeois, Spring, 1949, painted wood, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1992.102.3

Spring

Louise Bourgeois · 1949 · painted wood ·  Accession ID  1992.102.3